This book tells you everything you need to know to build your own doll's house. It even has plans in the back that can be cut out and used. It begins with Planning, which includes choosing your house, the scale, materials, and designing the interior; Construction, which includes cutting it out, the front door, stonework, and making a staircase; Assembly; Painting and Decorating; Embellishments, such as banisters, curtains, doors, wall fittings, and Type of Roof. There ar... View more info

The most popular replicas made are miniature houses, which through the centuries have been carefully built, furnished with exquisitely wrought pieces, and peopled by fashionably dressed dolls. This volume presents some of the finest miniatures from across Europe and the United States to show a variety of traditions and national styles. It also includes a selection of miniature rooms from the Thorne Rooms in the United States and the Carlisle Rooms from England. Cloth bou... View more info

This is an elegant gide through the land of dollhouses and shadow boxes, an exciting trip through the world of incredibly realistic furniture and accessories - all made in one-twelfth scale. The Table of Contents includes an introduction to this growing interest; The Scope of Miniatures, where your interest lies in terms of recreating a dream, making a miniature reality; Make Your Own Miniatures, which shows that with simple tools and either from scratch or kits, you can... View more info

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